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Le port de Jounieh « réactivé », en attendant les fonds nécessaires à son expansion

Thu, 30/07/2009 - 9:13am — wafa

Transport
Le ministre des Télécoms et des Transports publics, Ghazi Aridi, a annoncé hier la « réactivation du port de Jounieh », lors d'une cérémonie organisée hier, à l'occasion du premier départ d'un bateau vers Chypre depuis le chef-lieu du Kesrouan.

Hausse en volume et recul en valeur des prêts fin juin

Thu, 30/07/2009 - 9:12am — wafa

Kafalat
Le nombre de crédits garantis par la société financière Kafalat au cours du premier semestre de l'année en cours a progressé de 4,83 % par rapport à la même période de 2008. Leur valeur a toutefois légèrement reculé, baissant de 2,8 % en comparaison avec le premier semestre de l'année dernière.
Selon l'analyse du Lebanon Brief, bulletin hebdomadaire de la BLOMinvest Bank, le fait que les investisseurs aient contracté davantage de prêts mais à une valeur moindre serait dû à une volonté de profiter de la détente mondiale des cours des matériaux et des denrées cotées, en prévision de la reprise de l'économie mondiale à la fin de l'année.

« Mniha », Ziad, parce que tu le vaux bien

Thu, 30/07/2009 - 9:11am — wafa

Spectacle Ziad Rahbani et un orchestre composé d'une quarantaine de musiciens syro-libanais jouent à guichets fermés au palais de l'Unesco. Au programme : nostalgie musicale et sketches corrosifs.

Hamas dress code aims to make Gaza more Islamic

Wed, 29/07/2009 - 9:15am — wafa

Diaa Hadid

Associated Press

GAZA CITY: Police order a lingerie shop to hide its scantily clad mannequins. A judge warns female lawyers to wear headscarves in court. Beach patrols break up groups of singles and make men wear shirts. It’s all part of a new Hamas campaign to get Gazans to adhere to a strict Muslim lifestyle – and the first clear attempt by the group to go beyond benign persuasion in doing so.

It suggests that having consolidated its hold on Gaza in the two years since it seized control by force, Hamas feels emboldened enough to extend its ideology into people’s private lives.

After all these years: Are business women realizing the feminist dream?

Wed, 29/07/2009 - 9:12am — wafa

As I sit watching a documentary on feminism in the sixties, I wonder how far we’ve really come to financial equality for women. Have women moved to entrepreneurism to grab financial rewards not realized in corporate jobs? I know I have. But are we really grabbing our fair share?

Many women felt optimistic when, in 1994, Congress passed legislation that required the federal government to award a minimum of 5% of all government-wide contracts to certified women-owned businesses. Now before my male readers get upset, the program does not require women to be favored over men, but does allow contracting officers to use their own discretion for "restricted competition" to increase contracting opportunities for women-owned business (WOBs).

Jordan seeks to join nuclear club of energy exporters Country aims to become net electricity exporter by 2030

Wed, 29/07/2009 - 9:08am — wafa

AMMAN: Jordan is forging ahead with a peaceful nuclear program that would turn the energy-poor kingdom into an exporter of electricity, nuclear chief Khaled Tukan told AFP. “We are moving in great strides in the field of civilian nuclear energy in order to stop being dependent on the import of fuel,” said Tukan, who chairs the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC).

Jordan is the latest Sunni Arab country, among them Egypt and pro-Western Gulf states, to announce plans for nuclear power programs in the face of Shiite Iran’s controversial atomic drive.

“Our goal is transform Jordan from net energy importing to net electricity exporting country by 2030,” added Tukan, whose country imports 95 percent of its energy needs.

Everything’s just fine, thanks very much Ziad Rahbani’s blend of music, theater and political critique rocks Unesco audience

Wed, 29/07/2009 - 9:07am — wafa

BEIRUT: As a child, Ziad Rahbani confided from behind his piano, he did not have a sense of smell. The problem wasn’t fixed until he had surgery at the age of 18. When he finally could smell, he continued nonchalantly, “the smell that entered my nostrils was one of shit.”

The audience erupted into laughter. “This whole time you guys all smelled it and no one spoke up?” Rahbani yelled with an exasperated air. “Why don’t you speak up?”

This bit of wit came in the midst of Sunday evening’s performance of “Mneeha” (“Good”), Rahbani’s most recent interweaving of music, vaudeville theatrics and acerbic social and political commentary, which has been playing to sold-out houses in Damascus and, this week, at Unesco Palace.

Micro-financing would likely bring huge payoffs to Arab countries

Wed, 29/07/2009 - 9:01am — wafa

The recent release of the latest Arab Human Development Report has sparked controversy on certain fronts, such as authorship. But one certainty is that economic development, as the current jargon has it, is largely a case of ownership. Mention foreign investment in the Middle East and one thinks of big-ticket projects, whether it’s a massive tourist complex or a huge industrial endeavor.

Beirut to host Arab Forum for Environment and Development

Wed, 29/07/2009 - 9:00am — wafa

BEIRUT: The Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) announced on Tuesday that its Board of Trustees has chosen Beirut as the venue for its annual conference. The conference, due to be held in November under the patronage of President Michel Sleiman, will focus of the impact of climate change on the Arab world. Some 21 board members from 14 countries will attend.

Daring designs make Lebanon fashion capital of Middle East

Wed, 29/07/2009 - 8:55am — wafa

BEIRUT: The gowns are cut low in the front, slashing down to the navel, or low in the back, swoo­ping below the waist, inset with delicate see-through fabric. They couldn’t be further from the modest dress generally worn by women in the Muslim Arab world. Yet these fashions come from Lebanon, a tiny Arab country of 4 million on the Medi­terranean. This nation better known for military conflicts than the arts has produced an impressive crop of designers, such as Reem Acra and Elie Saab, whose work is showcased at celebrity events such as the Oscars and the Golden Globes.